Log in
The Best Things in Life Are Free

The Best Things in Life Are Free

John O'Hara's flaming portrait of the jazz age... and the guys and gals who made it Zing!

NR 1956 · 104 min · ★ 5.7 · Music

Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · Written by Phoebe Ephron

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 30m together

The Best Things in Life Are Free

We're No Angels

Both from Michael Curtiz.

More from Michael CurtizSee all →

CasablancaCasablanca · 1943
Casablanca
★ 8.11943
MovieDramaRomance
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Mildred PierceMildred Pierce · 1945
Mildred Pierce
★ 7.61945
MovieCrimeDrama
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Angels with Dirty FacesAngels with Dirty Faces · 1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
★ 7.51938
MovieCrimeDrama
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
The Adventures of Robin HoodThe Adventures of Robin Hood · 1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
★ 7.51938
MovieAdventureRomance
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
Captain BloodCaptain Blood · 1935
Captain Blood
★ 7.31935
MovieAdventure
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
The Sea WolfThe Sea Wolf · 1941
The Sea Wolf
★ 7.21941
MovieAdventureDrama
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
White ChristmasWhite Christmas · 1954
White Christmas
★ 7.21954
MovieComedyMusic
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
We're No AngelsWe're No Angels · 1955
We're No Angels
★ 7.21955
MovieComedyCrime
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
The Sea HawkThe Sea Hawk · 1940
The Sea Hawk
★ 7.21940
MovieAdventure
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
Dodge CityDodge City · 1939
Dodge City
★ 6.91939
MovieWestern
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
Life with FatherLife with Father · 1947
Life with Father
★ 6.71947
MovieComedyFamily
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
The ComancherosThe Comancheros · 1961
The Comancheros
★ 6.71961
MovieWestern
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
Marked WomanMarked Woman · 1937
Marked Woman
★ 6.61937
MovieCrimeDrama
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
The Charge of the Light BrigadeThe Charge of the Light Brigade · 1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade
★ 6.51936
MovieDramaAdventure
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
The EgyptianThe Egyptian · 1954
The Egyptian
★ 6.51954
MovieHistoryDrama
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
Mystery of the Wax MuseumMystery of the Wax Museum · 1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
★ 6.51933
MovieHorrorMystery
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.

More Like This

A Hard Day's NightA Hard Day's Night · 1964
A Hard Day's Night
★ 7.31964
MovieComedyMusic
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
There's No Business Like Show BusinessThere's No Business Like Show Business · 1954
There's No Business Like Show Business
★ 6.11954
MovieMusicComedy
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
The American AstronautThe American Astronaut · 2001
The American Astronaut
★ 6.92001
MovieMusicScience Fiction
Samual Curtis's first mission in this bizarre science fiction musical comedy requires him to take a cat to a saloon on an asteroid. There, he meets his former dance partner (the Blueberry Pirate) and collects his payment: a device capable of producing a Real Live Girl.
Cover GirlCover Girl · 1944
Cover Girl
★ 6.41944
MovieMusicComedy
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Annie: A Royal AdventureAnnie: A Royal Adventure · 1995
Annie: A Royal Adventure
★ 6.01995
MovieMusicFamily
Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil noblewoman who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace so she can become Queen and claim the throne for herself! And now it is up to Annie and her friends to stop her!

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter